Angels rout Diamondbacks, 9-2

The Angels' offense is finishing the Cactus League schedule on a high note after beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-2 on Friday.

Combined with Friday's 11-8 victory over the Kansas City Royals, the Angels have scored 20 runs on 34 hits -- including six home runs, seven doubles and two triples -- over their past two games.

"Spring is spring," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "These guys are working on things and trying to get in shape. Some things have come along as the spring has gone on -- our situational hitting has picked up, the baserunning has been terrific all spring. There's a lot of positive things to look at."

That list even included Bobby Abreu Friday. Mired in a 4-for-46 spring, Abreu had singles in each of his first two at-bats, driving in two runs with the first one.

Albert Pujols, Howie Kendrick and Ryan Langerhans hit home runs in the win. Pujols also had an infield single in his three at-bats and is batting .404 (21 for 52) this spring with five home runs and 15 RBI.

Left-hander C.J. Wilson went 6 1/3 innings, allowed two runs on five hits (including a home run by Ryan Roberts) and a walk while striking out seven (including six of the first 10 batters he faced).

Wilson is on track to start the Freeway Series finale at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday then make his regular season debut in the Angels' first road game of the season, April 9 in Minnesota.

Friday's game at Tempe Diablo Stadium was the Angels' ninth sellout of the season, drawing 9,580. With one home game left (Sunday against the Cubs), the Angels have already set a new Tempe Diablo Stadium spring record for attendance (120,587) and figure to top last year's total (88,893) by about 40,000 fans.

Garrett Richards is scheduled to start Saturday's game in Mesa against the Cubs while Jerome Williams pitches in a minor-league camp game. The two are vying for the fifth spot in the Angels' starting rotation.

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